Columbus said this week it plans to utilize its January acquisition of Swedish iStone to take the Infor M3 (Lawson) product line global. The initiative is a major change for Columbus which had concentrated on the Dynamics line and its internally developed Columbus Software.

Although consulting revenue fell by 23 percent and total revenue was off by 11 percent, Lawson Software posted net income of just under $6 million for the first quarter ended September 30, which contrasted with a year-earlier loss of $3.7 million. That increase came as company cut expenses by 14 percent, led by a 23 percent decline in the cost of sales and marketing.